Places to get Information on the internet

General News stories
Digg - News that is voted "worthy" by readers bubbles to the top of the homepage of Digg
http://digg.com/

Slashdot - Moderated news that is determined "worthy" by selected readers (similiar to Digg, but centralized control)
http://slashdot.org/

Google News - from world sources, organized and headlines based upon number of reporting agencies
http://news.google.com/

McClatchy - Old school newspaper online, with more depth than average reprint news
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/

Engadget - Like gadgets? Keep up with latest Gadget news
http://www.engadget.com/

Wikipedia - Need facts or definitions? THE place for "defining" words, phrases, people, and places
http://www.wikipedia.org/